Ophthalmic mounting



June 9,1333. H. H. STYLLTAL. l 2,043,343

OPHTHALMIC MOUNT ING Filed Feb. 27, 1935 INVENTOR HARRY H. STYLL- unslL. GAeNoN @WH/@54 r 'N Patented v.mns o, 19ael ornrnALMro MOUNTING namn. styu and mais L. Gagnon, Southbridge, Mass., assignors to AmericanOptical Company, Southbridge, Mass., a voluntary association ofAnnuseries February 27, 1933. serial No. V653,825

. 5 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in oph.- thalmicmountings, and to`an'iinproved process of making and tting the same to .the wearer.

IOne of the principalobjects of the invention is to provide anophthalmic mounting having its lens supporting parts formed ofnonmetallic material 'and having yadjustable means for supporting thetemples or sides ofthe mountings so that the said ltemples may beadjusted sidewise, up or down,v or varied in length as desired. f

Another object of the invention is to yprovide novel means of tting andattaching the temple supports to the lens holding means.

Another object is to providemeans whereby the narrowing efiect ofconnecting kthe temples high up adjacent the top ofzthe lenses may,beadjustably compensated for, so that the said temples may be quicklyand easily adjusted to clear the]V sides of the wearers head. L,

Another object is `to provide temple supportsof a rigid, ductile orresilient nature for "use 'with a mounting of the above character; Y

Another objectl is to providesimple, emcient, and economical means offormingthe parts vof an ophthalmic mounting Whereinthe cost of mate-f'rial and assembling operations aregreatly reduced. f Y Other objects andadvantagesof the invention will become apparent from thefollowingdescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawing. and itwill be apparent that changes may be made in the details'ofconstruction, arrangement of parts and steps of the proeess shown anddescribedwithout departing from the spirit of the invention as expressedin the accompanying claims. We, therefore, do not wish to be limited tothe exactk details shown and'described yas the'preferred forms only havevbeen shown by way of illustration. Y

Referring to-the drawing, Fig. I is a front elevation of an ophthalmicmounting embodying the invention. f

Fig. II is a side elevation of Fig. I. Fig. III is a fragmentaryperspective view of th templesupport showing it disunited from the lensholding means.

Fig. IVis a'plan view of Fig. with the assembled.` Fig. V is afragmentary front elevation -of a modifledform of theinventlon. Fig. `VIis-a side elevation `of Fig.N. v Fig. VlI is a fragmentary perspectiveview of thetemple support shown in Fig. Fig. VIII is a sectional view`tekenen-line VIII-VIII of Fig.

further modification. Fig. X is a plan View of Fig. IX.'

Fig. XI is a perspective view o ffa mod iedfform l of bridge member.

Fig.fX1I is a viewsimilar to'Fig. showingfa` loop'in the arm'portion. fj' It has been usual, in the past, toV form nonfv metallic` ophthalmicmountings of thejabove character from a single piece offnonmetallicmaterial' 10` which. was blanked to form the so-c'alledfronts orcombined `lens holding and' bridge members.

lIt has been usual to form such fronts to various diierent sizes sothat' a mounting ofjthe proper f size could be selected to t the tainingrla. comfortable fit with the nosefof, the.,

wearerand of supporting the lenses inaccurate.

prescribed relation with the eyes, it was found in` r20 many instancesthat much difilculty was encounteredin obtaining a mounting wherein plesor sides would not-press into the-esh at thef f side or the head andhurt thewearer. 'rms conf dition was particularly true in those caseswhere 2 5 the temples'wereconnected-up `high adjacent v top ofthe lensesas inthe casco! popularsoxv called high endpiece mountings of the daywherein the distance between the temples was much Vnarrower than incaseswhere. the temples ,were @of connected adjacentthehorlzontalcenterline of ,i

f the lenses, because above 'thecenter line the edges i, of the lensesVretreat toward the nose. This naryrowing ofthe distancebetweenthetemples made it necessary to stock a greater number ofsizeslof mountings than was usuaiin the past: It vwas also necessary,inthe past, in order to..compensate` for variations in thelengthoftemplesto carry large stock of different size temples;v fIt. there-46fore',y is a'. principal object of this invention to pro-- `vide meansin4 combination with mountings of the above character whereby thetemples or sides may be quickly and comfortably adjusted to the faciallfrequirements of diierent individuals, particu-' larly to compensate forvariation'sfin widths-"off y heads and lengths of temples', and'which Ygreatly reduce the number of stock sizes; y .e Referrig more.particularlyto the drawing wherein like characters of referencedesignate' j like parts throughout the several viewsfthe deviceembodying the `invention as shown in. I yto IV inclusive, comprises apair of 'nonmetallic lensholding members I, connected by an integralbridge member v2 and integral nose N requirements of 151 the individual.l Although these types of mounti 1118s proved quite` satisfactory withrespect tov ob:`

instance comprises a central arch portion 30 having rearwardly extendingloop portions 3| which turn forwardly and are attached to the clampmembers 32. The lens holding members I are placed within the clampmembers 32 and `are sealed therein by clamping the side portion 33 aboutthe lens holding means or rims l in a manner similar to the clamp meansVI shown in Fig. VIII. The loop portions 3l are provided with dependingguard arm supports 34 to which the nose pads or guards 35 are attached.This arrangement provides means whereby a mounting having templesupports such as shown at M may be provided with a bridge and nose restswhich may bel adjusted to the facial requirements of' diierentindividuals. 'Ihe forming of the mounting merely necessitates theprovision oi' a relatively annular shaped nonmetallic lens holdingmember to which the bridge and temple supports shown in Figures VII andXI may be attached..

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have providedsimple,l emcient, and economical means of accomplishing all of theobjects and advantages of the invention, particularly the provision of anonmetallic type mounting having adjustable temple supports.

Having described our invention we claim:

1. In spectacles, a nonmetallic lens rim whose upper temporal side has aportion as Iwide as its width at its horizontal center line, a seat onsaid upper temporal side on the eye side of the rim, a relatively longand slender arm having a foot at one end shaped and secured to saidseat, said arm vextending outwardly and rearwardly of said foot andinclined downwardly to the rear of said foot, and terminating in atemple hinge connection, and the body of said arm lying substantially inthe longitudinal line of the temple extended.

2. In spectacles, a nonmetallic lens rim whose upper temporal side has aportion as wide as its width at its horizontal center line, a seat onsaid upper temporal side on the eye side of the rim, a relatively longand slender arm having a flanged foot at one end shaped and secured tosaid seat. said arm extending outwardly and rearwardly of said ioot andinclined downwardly to the rear of said foot, and terminating in atemple hinge connection, and the body of said arm lying substantially inthe longitudinal line of the temple extended.

3. In spectacles, a nonmetallic lens rim whose upper temporal side has aportion as wide as its width at its horizontal centerline, a seat onsaid upper temporal side on the eye side oi the rim, a relatively longand slender arm having a foot at one end shaped and secured to saidseat, and having a loop portion intermediate its ends, said armextending outwardly and rearwardly oi said toot and inclined downwardlyto the rear of said foot, and terminating in a temple hinge connectionand the body of said arm lying substantially in the longitudinal line oithe temple extended.

4. In spectacles, a nonmetallic lens rim, a seat on the upper temporalside on the eye side oi the rim, a relatively long and slender armhaving a foot at one end shaped and secured to said seat with the armextending outwardly and rearwardly of 'said foot and inclined downwardlyto the rear of said"foot and terminating in" a temple hinge connection.

5. In spectacles, a nonmetallic lens rim, an attaching seat on the uppertemporal side on the eye side of the rim, a relatively long and slenderarm having an enlarged attaching portion at one end provided with acontact face to vengage the seat, and a temple hinge connection at itsopposite end and means for securing the enlarged portion to said seat,said contact face being inclined with respect to the longitudinal axisof the long and slender arm so as to support the said arm in anoutwardly, rearwardly and downwardly extending position with respect tothe plane of the attaching seat when in secured relation with said seat.

HARRY H. STYLL. LOUIS L. GAGNON.

